Updated December 06, 2022 by the ABC7 Data Team


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Homicides
603

Last 12 months
Through November 21

Average Homicides
547

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Homicide Rate
8.8

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
8

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 11.7% compared to 2021, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department data through November 21.

However, the murder rate in the areas of the county policed by the LAPD and Sheriff’s Department over the last 12 months is up when compared to the annual average over the last three years, and the frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic.

The Los Angeles area averaged about 50 homicides a month over the last year. In 2019, that number was 34 a month.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate in the area was 5.9 per 100,000 residents. That’s higher than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in California. The area’s murder rate has jumped to 8.8 over the last 12 months.



The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

ABC7’s data team looked at data from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department by neighborhood from 2019 through November 21, 2022, the latest date for which records are available from the two agencies. Totals here include murders, but not involuntary manslaughter or justifiable homicide.

A closer look at Los Angeles homicides by neighborhood

The map color codes each police district by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

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